Britpop titans Blur reunite for a fascinating ninth record on the back of their history-making shows at Wembley Stadium.

Capitalising on the excitement of an upcoming third album, Hozier plays a hypnotic performance to a crowd of his most devout followers at a packed-out Castlefield Bowl.

2000 Trees festival returned to Upcote farm in July for the very best in rock and alternative music.

Lana Del Rey closes BST Hyde Park with a set for the ages, traversing her great American songbook of sad-girl pop with support from Father John Misty and The Last Dinner Party

Twenty years after facing perhaps the biggest blacklisting in music history, The (Dixie) Chicks have returned to the UK – and they are bigger, better, and badder than ever before.

Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard headlined the fifth and final day of Lytham Festival – and they went out with a bang!

The Mancunion caught up with the Hull-born, Manchester-based singer-songwriter following her sold-out headline at YES Basement.

The inaugural Beyond The Music Festival, hosted in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, have shared the lineup’s first 60 artists

The 1975 play the biggest gig of their career, proving they are more than stadium ready with an expertly crafted live set, equal parts theatrical and sincere, that leaves fans wanting more.

New York rockers the Goo Goo Dolls delivered an energetic performance in Manchester, their first in three years.

Jeremy Zucker returns for summer with new EP is nothing sacred?, a collection of songs covering everything from relationships to climate change.

The Wigan-born-and-bred indie rock outfit raise hell in a triumphant headline show at Manchester’s Sounds of the City 2023.

The legendary and visionary film composer Hans Zimmer performs the works of his life at Manchester’s AO Arena.

The Mercury Prize-nominated Archy Marshall, aka King Krule, explores his fascination with spaces on his fourth album.

Indie-pop hero Amber Bain releases her second album as the Japanese House, In the End it Always Does

Kelis put on an electrifying, nostalgic show at Albert Hall – over three years after the pandemic forced her to cancel her show there

Andrew McMahon is performing at Gorilla as part of a hotly anticipated world tour

Cutting edge Manchester promoters are back with a project that seeks to bring bands from Europe to Manchester; first, Berlin post-punkers LIIEK

Parklife review: The festival weekend’s success demonstrates the modern mantra of the ‘death of the genre’ and re-ignites the appetite for connection through live music.

Australian indie-rockers DMA’s bring their boisterous Britpop-lite repertoire to Manchester’s 02 Apollo